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DECISION No.90/2000/QD-BTC OF JUNE 1st, 2000 PROMULGATING THE TABLES OF FEE LEVELS FOR AQUATIC PRODUCT QUALITY, SAFETY AND HYGIENE CONTROL

THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.15/CP of March 2, 1993 on the tasks, powers and State management responsibilities of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;

Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Finance Ministry;

Pursuant to Clause 3 of Article 4 and Clause 2 of Article 7 of the Government�s Decree No.86/CP of December 8, 1995 on the division of responsibilities for State management over goods quality;

Pursuant to Clauses 6 and 7, Article 2 of the Government�s Decree No.50/CP of June 21, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Aquatic Resources;

Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget;

After consulting the Ministry of Aquatic Resources and at the proposal of the General Director of Tax,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the Tables of fee levels for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control.

Payers of fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control at the levels prescribed in this Article are domestic and foreign organizations and individuals engaged in the production and trading of aquatic products, that are provided with aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene inspection by the State agencies according to the provisions of law.

Article 2.- The agencies assigned by the State the tasks of State management over aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene as stipulated in the Government�s Decree No.86/CP of December 8, 1995 shall have to organize the fee collection in the process of performing their functions and tasks (referred collectively to as collecting agencies). The agencies collecting fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control are allowed to temporarily deduct 90% (ninety percent) of the actually collected fee amounts before remitting them to the State budget to cover the expenses for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control as well as on fee collection. They shall make registration and declaration for fee remittance into the State budget with the tax agencies of the localities where they are headquartered in strict compliance with the Government�s Decree No.04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget and the Finance Ministry�s Circular No.54/1999/TT-BTC of May 10, 1999 guiding the implementation of the said Decree.

Article 3.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. To annul the regulations on collection, remittance and management of charges and fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control, which are contrary to this Decision.

Article 4.- Organizations and individuals that have to pay fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control; units assigned the task of organizing fee collection and relevant agencies shall have to implement this Decision.

For the Finance Minister

Vice Minister
PHAM VAN TRONG

APPENDIX 1

CERTIFICATE-ISSUING FEE LEVELS

(Issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No.90/2000/QD-BTC of June 1st, 2000)

Ordinal number

Contents of fee

Calculation unit

Fee level (1,000 VND)

Notes

1

Certificate of application of HACCP quality control program

an issuance

50

2

Certificate of quality and hygiene deed for a lot of aquatic commodities

an issuance

30

3

Certificate of the results of checking single criterion

an issuance

10

at the customers� own requests

Notes: HACCP is the quality control program based on the hazard analysis and control at the critical point.

APPENDIX 2

FEE LEVELS FOR INSPECTION OF SAFETY AND HYGIENE CONDITIONS FOR AQUATIC PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS

(Issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No.90/2000/QD-BTC of June 1st, 2000)

Ordinal number

Contents of fee

Unit

Fee level (1,000 VND)

Notes

1

Inspection of fishing ships with main engine capacity of 90 CV or more

a time/ship

Applicable only to ships undertaking the preliminary processing and long-time preservation

1.1

Ships with capacity of over 250 CV

200

1.2

Ships with capacity of between 90 CV and 250 CV

150

2

Inspection of commercial aquaculture establishments

a time/ establishment

2.1

Establishments rearing aquatic animals by industrial mode

200

2.2

Establishments rearing aquatic animals by intensive-farming mode

150

2.3

Establishments rearing aquatic animals by semi- intensive farming mode

100

3

Inspection of fish ports:

a time/port

3.1

Large-scale ports with fish markets, raw material store- houses and system of service provision for on-board processing and preservation

200

3.2

Ports with the systems of service provision for on- and preservation board processing

150

4

Inspection of establishments specialized in purchasing and preserving aquatic raw materials:

a time/ establishment

4.1

4.2

4.3

Establishments with the output

of 10 tons/day or more

Establishments with the output

of between 5 and 10 tons/day

Establishments with the output of under 5 tons/day

200

150

100

Production and processing establishments that organize the purchase at enterprises by themselves shall themselves organize the inspection and therefore do not have to pay the fee prescribed herein

5

Inspection of the cottage aquatic product-processing establishments

a time/ establishment

200

6 *

Inspection of aquatic product preserving establishments (including freezer vehicles)

a time/ establishment

6.1

Establishments with preservation capacity of 2,000 tons or more

600

6.2

Establishments with preservation capacity of between 1,000 and under 2,000 tons

500

6.3

Establishments with preservation capacity of under 1,000 tons

400

7

Inspection of industrial aquatic product-processing establishments

a time/ establishment

1,200

Applicable to the first-time inspection

8

Inspection of establishments processing aquatic products for export to EU and US markets as well as markets with equivalent requirements

a time/ establishment

1,600

Applicable to the first-time inspection

9

Inspection to assess the application of HACCP quality control program

a time/ establishment

Collection levels prescribed in Item 1 to Item 8 shall apply, plus 100,000 VND for each inspection

10

Periodical inspection; re-inspection

a time/ establishment

The collection levels shall be equal to 50% of the corresponding levels prescribed in Item 1 to Item 8

Notes: The concepts of first-time inspection, re-inspection and periodical inspection shall be construed according to the Regulation on inspection and recognition of aquatic production and business establishments that meet the foodstuff hygiene and safety standards.

APPENDIX 3

FEE LEVELS FOR THE INSPECTION OF AQUATIC PRODUCT QUALITY, SAFETY AND HYGIENE CRITERIA

(Issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No.90/2000/QD-BTC of June 1st, 2000)

Ordinal number

Contents of fee

Calculation unit

Fee level

A

Inspection of goods lots� quality

1

Lots of export aquatic products

VND/ton

50,000, but the fee amount for an inspection must neither be lower than 300,000 VND nor higher than 10,000,000 VND/goods lot

2

Goods lots that need extra inspection of special chemical criteria

The inspection fee defined in Item B4 shall also be collected

B

Inspection of samples or single criterion:

B.1

Inspection of perceptible and physical criteria:

1.1.

Determination of color, smell and taste

VND/criterion

15,000

1.2

State (the ice side, defects, meat�s muscle state)

ditto

10,000

1.3

Sizes

ditto

7,000

1.4

Extraneous matters

ditto

5,000

1.5

Net weight

ditto

5,000

1.6

The product central temperature

ditto

3,000

1.7

Vacuum degree

ditto

10,000

1.8

The boxes� tightness

ditto

20,000

1.9

The intra-box state

ditto

10,000

1.10

The solid part�s weight

ditto

10,000

1.11

The proportion of the solid part to water

ditto

10,000

1.12

The fineness degree

ditto

20,000

1.13

Assessment of packing, labeling, transportation and preservation conditions

ditto

5,000

1.14

Parasites

ditto

15,000

B.2

Inspection of micro-biological criteria:

2.1

Sample preparation

ditto

10,000

2.2

Total of aerobic bacteria

ditto

15,000

2.3

Coliform:

- MPN method

ditto

30,000

- Disk counting method

ditto

15,000

2.4

E.Coli

ditto

35,000

2.5

Clostridium Perfringens

ditto

40,000

2.6

Staphylococcus aureus

ditto

40,000

2.7

Streptococcus faccalis

ditto

30,000

2.8

Yeast

ditto

10,000

2.9

Must

ditto

10,000

2.10

Bacillus sp.

ditto

15,000

2.11

Vibrio Parahaemolyticus

ditto

40,000

2.12

Salmonella sp.

ditto

40,000

2.13

Shigella

ditto

40,000

2.14

Total of H2S micro-parasites

ditto

10,000

2.15

Coliform analysis:

- MPN method

ditto

30,000

- Disk counting method

ditto

15,000

2.16

V.cholera

ditto

50,000

2.17

Determination of thermophylatic

ditto

30,000

microorganisms

2.18

Total of lactobacillus

ditto

50,000

2.19

Listeria monocytogenes

ditto

150,000

2.20

Anaerobic germs in canned food

ditto

10,000

B.3

Inspection of ordinary chemical criteria:

3.1

Sample preparation

ditto

10,000

3.2

Determination of sulfide hydro (H2S)

ditto

10,000

3.3

Determination of ammonia (NH3)

ditto

20,000

3.4

Determination of water hardness

ditto

15,000

3.5

Determination of chlorine in water

ditto

18,000

3.6

Determination of pH degree

ditto

15,000

3.7

Determination of water content

ditto

25,000

3.8

Determination of sodium chloride (NaCl) content

ditto

35,000

3.9

Determination of acid content

ditto

15,000

3.10

Determination of fat content

ditto

40,000

3.11

Determination of ash content

ditto

25,000

3.12

Determination of total nitrogen and crude protein content

ditto

35,000

3.13

Determination of formol nitrogen or amine nitrogen content

ditto

20,000

3.14

Borate

ditto

40,000

3.15

Cyclamate

ditto

40,000

3.16

Sodium benzoate

ditto

40,000

3.17

Saccharin

ditto

80,000

3.18

Urea qualification

ditto

60,000

3.19

Calcium

ditto

45,000

3.20

Phosphate

ditto

60,000

3.21

Grit

ditto

45,000

3.22

Content of evaporated nitrogenous base

ditto

20,000

3.23

SO2 content

ditto

35,000

3.24

NO2 content

ditto

30,000

3.25

NO3 content

ditto

30,000

B.4

Inspection of special chemical criteria:

4.1

Determination of heavy metals (Cd, As, Hg, Pb...)

VND/element

70,000

4.2

Micro mycotoxin

VND/group

200,000

4.3

Insecticide residuum

VND/criterion

200,000

- Subsequent criterion for additional collection

VND/criterion

50,000

4.4

Iron

ditto

50,000

4.5

Histamine

- Inspection by lamella chromatography

ditto

350,000

- Inspection by high-pressure liquid chromatography

500,000

4.6

Determination of PSP and DSP by biochemical method on mice

ditto

400,000

4.7

Test of PSP, DSP and ASP by HPLC

ditto

400,000

4.8

Antibiotic residuum

ditto

300,000

4.9

Food coloring:

+ Qualification:

VND/coloring

40,000

+ HPLC quantification

VND/coloring

100,000